Cartwheels and Pearls

Little Girl's Shirt Dress

Over at MADE, I fell in love with her Shirt Dress. Words cannot describe just how adorable it is. I instantly thought of the two beautiful girls ages 2 and 3 that I'm going to stay with in Mississippi.

I first raided my dad's closet. Not much luck there but then about 2 weeks ago at a garage sale I found a XL women's shirt for a dollar. It was perfect.

I recommend drawing out half a pattern, cut out all but along the center line, fold it over and then trace it and cut out so you get a full pattern. The one on the right is my first try. Hahaha. FAIL.

If the sleeves seem extremely big, don't worry. It'll all work out.

Goodness it was a pretty big shirt, but almost not big enough!

Finished. I LOVE it. This one is for the 2 year old. I didn't have any of her clothes to reference so most of it was just an estimation. I had her mom send me some measurements but for things like the sleeves and neckline, I had to guess. I'm not going to Mississippi to see those gorgeous southern belles until June 3rd but I'll definitely take some pictures and post them. For her older sister, I have a denim shirt but I'm a little stumped for a waistband. Any ideas?

Oh and if anyone would like to volunteer to guest post while I'm on vacation, I'd love to have someone. I've had two bloggers interested so far. But I don't think 2 is enough to fill up 5 weeks. Huh?

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Adios mis pollitos pequenos- Goodbye my girls!

Ramblings

   So yes, Mis pollitos pequenos actually means my small chickens not my girls. In English I call them my girls but in Spanish I call them mis pollitos pequenos. "Ito" on the end of a word means small or with love. So ito and pequeno are like a double small.
   Well, enough with the language lesson. On to the actual point of this post. On Thursday night I said goodbye to my ten lovely girls. Friday morning, I went to school for my last day of exams, went to the movies with a friend and saw the new Pirates of the Caribbean in 3D, and went to my graduation dance. This morning I woke up and had my last track meet of the season. Today is my first day of Summer. How am I celebrating? Well, I haven't figured that out yet but I do know without my girls. Between my dad's out of state job and my mom working full time, we're never home to take care of them.
   I never actually met the people who bought them. I guess I'm just still in shock. They're gone.
   I remember when they were just cute little chicks:

When they went through their awkward stage:

And when they matured into beautiful little ladies:

And now they're gone.

So, this is where I will officially say goodbye.

Goodbye Ava Leigh.

Goodbye Aubree

Goodbye Alexis

Goodbye Apryl

Goodbye Sasha

Goodbye Phoebe

Goodbye Cora

Goodbye Nadia

Goodbye LuLu

Goodbye Norah.

I love you guys.

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Ruffle Heaven

Ruffles

Just about every girl loves ruffles, me included. Sure you can sew a straight stitch, pull one of the threads and presto. You've got yourself some ruffles. But it's a pain. First of all it takes forever. Second of all, if the thread breaks, you get to pull out all the rest of the stitches and start over. Fun fun fun. NOT. Today, I saw a post on see kate sew about her ruffler foot.

Confession time! I've had my sewing machine for probably 5 years and I've never changed the foot. It's truly quite sad. Especially since my machine came with 8 different feet.

After seeing the ruffler foot post, I remembered all the feet just sitting in the box. ha. That sounds kind of weird... anyway, I first popped on the gathering foot. It made a simple stitch that made it extremely easy to create ruffles. I was in heaven! But I didn't give up hope. I next tried the cording foot. I squealed when these babies popped out: